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Competition Runs March 10-11 in Albuquerque
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2023 NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS March 10-11 • Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque Convention Center  |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ole Miss track & field will have 10 entries on the biggest stage of the collegiate indoor season at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, held this weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center on March 10-11.
To qualify for the national meet, student-athletes needed to finish within the top-16 of their individual events or top-12 as a relay by the end of the regular season. Those 16 in each event will be competing not only for team or individual national championships, but also to grasp one of the coveted top-eight scoring spots for First-Team All-American status. Places nine-through-16 receive Second-Team distinction.
Ole Miss is ranked within the national top-25 in both women's and men's competition entering this weekend, with the Rebel women at a season-high No. 9 and the men No. 24 in the Week Seven USTFCCCA National Rating Index released on Monday.
Representing Ole Miss in Albuquerque this weekend will be: both Jalani Davis and Jasmine Mitchell in the women's shot put and weight throw, McKenzie Long in the women's 60-meter and 200-meter dashes, Baylor Franklin in the men's 800-meter, Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in the men's shot put and weight throw, and the men's distance medley relay consisting of Franklin, Shane Bracken, Anthony Camerieri, Tiarnan Crorken, Cade Flatt and Jacob Lough.
ESPN+ will carry the action both days across both men's and women's sessions, while ESPNU will air a combined tape delay re-airing on both Sunday and Monday evening.
See below for more detailed information on the national qualifiers and the NCAA Championships.
ON THE AIR
Day One (Fri., March 10)
ESPN+
Early Session – 10:30 a.m. CT
Late Session – 8 p.m. CT
Day Two (Sat., March 11)
Early Session – 12:30 p.m. CT
Late Session – 8 p.m. CT
Live Results
Flash Results
MEET SCHEDULE (All Times CT)
Day One (Fri. March 10)
5:00 PM CT – Women's Weight Throw Final – Jalani Davis, Jasmine Mitchell
5:15 PM CT – Women's 60-Meter Dash Semifinal – McKenzie Long (Heat 2, Lane 5)
6:25 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Semifinal – McKenzie Long (Heat 1, Lane 5)
8:00 PM CT – Men's Weight Throw Final – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
8:45 PM CT – Men's 800-Meter Semifinal – Baylor Franklin (Heat 1, Lane 4)
9:45 PM CT – Men's Distance Medley Relay Final
Day Two (Sat. March 11)
5:00 PM CT – Women's Shot Put Final – Jalani Davis, Jasmine Mitchell
5:10 PM CT – Women's 60-Meter Dash Final
5:50 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Final
8:00 PM CT – Men's Shot Put Final – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
8:30 PM CT – Men's 800-Meter Final
Women's Entries (6 entries, 3 athletes)
Jalani Davis – Shot Put
Jalani Davis – Weight Throw
McKenzie Long – 60-Meter Dash
McKenzie Long – 200-Meter Dash
Jasmine Mitchell – Shot Put
Jasmine Mitchell – Weight Throw
Men's Entries (4 entries, 6 athletes)
Distance Medley Relay
Baylor Franklin – 800-Meter
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Shot Put
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Weight Throw
Team Superlatives
• 10 entries ties with 2017 and 2021 for the second-most in program history indoors, trailing only the record 12 Ole Miss entries from the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships.
• Six women's entries ranks second in Ole Miss history behind the record seven berths in 2022.
• First qualifier in the women's 60-meter dash since 2020 (Brandee Presley; meet was canceled due to outbreak of global COVID-19 pandemic)
• First qualifier in the women's 200-meter dash since 2020 (Jayda Eckford; meet was canceled due to outbreak of global COVID-19 pandemic)
• Fourth straight year Ole Miss qualified in the men's 800-meter, the fifth in the last seven seasons
• First qualifier in the men's shot put since 2017 (Brian Williams, 14th)
• First qualifier in the men's weight throw since 2003 (Stacy Andrews, fifth)
• First ever double in the men's shot put/weight throw
• A win in the men's weight would be only the fourth ever by a freshman, and the first since 1998. All-time freshmen to win the NCAA men's weight title are SMU's Robert Weir in 1981 (22.43m/73-07.25), UTEP's Tore Johnsen in 1982 (21.42m/70-03.50) and SMU's Libor Charfreitag in 1998 (21.23m/69-8).
• Fourth consecutive year multiple Rebel women qualified in the weight throw
• A win in the women's weight would make Ole Miss the first school to repeat in the event since Louisville in 2010; only five have ever won multiple years in a row: Louisville (2009-10), Southern Illinois (2007-08), Florida (2002-05), SMU (2000-01) and South Carolina (1996-98)
• Only school with doublers in the women's weight throw and shot put
Women's Individual Superlatives
• Jalani Davis: Second and third career NCAA Indoor qualifying berths ... Seventh and eighth overall career NCAA berths ... One of two athletes nationally to attempt shot put/weight throw double alongside teammate Jasmine Mitchell ... One of 14 Rebel women's double attempts at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Among six shot put/weight throw double attempts by the Rebel women, all since 2017 ... First Rebel woman to qualify in the shot put in consecutive years since Janeah Stewart in 2017 (eighth) and 2018 (15th).
• McKenzie Long: First career NCAA qualifying berths ... First Rebel qualifier in the 60 since 2020 (Brandee Presley); also first in the 200 since 2020 (Jayda Eckford) ... One of just two Rebel women to ever double in the 60/200 alongside All-American Teneeshia Jones, who did so three times in a row from 1999-2001 ... Among 12 doublers in the 60/200 of the 16 available entrants ... One of 14 Rebel women's double attempts at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
• Jasmine Mitchell: Fourth consecutive NCAA Indoor berth in the weight throw (finished as runner-up in 2022) ... First career NCAA Indoor shot put qualifying berth (qualified outdoors in 2022) ... Fifth and sixth overall career NCAA berths ... One of two athletes nationally to attempt shot put/weight throw double alongside teammate Jalani Davis ... One of 14 Rebel women's double attempts at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Among six shot put/weight throw double attempts by the Rebel women, all since 2017.
Men's Individual Superlatives
Distance Medley Relay: Seventh all-time appearance ... Seventh NCAA berth in the last eight years, only missing the 2020 meet ... Have scored in four of six previous appearances, including an NCAA title performance in 2017.
Baylor Franklin: Second career NCAA Indoor appearance after finishing 12th in the 800-meter in 2021 ... Fourth overall career national qualifying berth.
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan: First two career NCAA qualifying berths ... First Rebel to ever double in the men's shot put and weight throw ... First Rebel to qualify in the shot put since 2017 (Brian Williams, 14th place) ... First Rebel to qualify in the weight throw since 2003 (Stacy Andrews, fifth) ... Only the second Rebel to ever qualify indoors in the shot put and weight throw, and the first as a freshman.
Ole Miss Best NCAA Indoor Finishes (in events qualified)
Women's 60-Meter Dash: 3rd (2000, Teneeshia Jones)
Women's 200-Meter Dash: 5th (2000, Teneeshia Jones)
Men's 800-Meter: 1st (1991, George Kersh)
Men's Distance Medley Relay: 1st (2017)
Women's Shot Put: 1st (2017, Raven Saunders)
Women's Weight Throw: 1st (2022, Shey Taiwo)
Men's Shot Put: 14th (2017, Brian Williams)
Men's Weight Throw: 5th (2003, Stacy Andrews)
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Champions (10 titles, 13 champions)
1991 – George Kersh, Men's 800-Meter
1994 – Greg Saddler, Men's 55-Meter Dash
2001 – Savante' Stringfellow, Men's Long Jump
2004 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
2005 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
2008 – Brittney Reese, Women's Long Jump
2017 – Raven Saunders, Women's Shot Put
2017 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Robert Domanic, Nick DeRay, Sean Tobin, Craig Engels)
2022 – Mario Garcia Romo, Men's Mile
2022 – Shey Taiwo, Women's Weight Throw
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Runners-Up (11)
2001 – James Shelton, Men's 60-Meter Dash
2010 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2011 – Mike Granger, Men's 60-Meter Dash
2011 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2014 – Sam Kendricks, Men's Pole Vault
2021 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Everett Smulders, Elijah Dryer, John Rivera Jr., Mario Garcia Romo)
2022 – Sintayehu Vissa, Women's Mile
2022 – Jasmine Mitchell, Women's Weight Throw
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Top-25 Finishes (19)
1990 – Ole Miss Men – T-23rd (6 points)
1991 – Ole Miss Men – T-9th (14 points)
1994 – Ole Miss Men – T-19th (10 points)
2000 – Ole Miss Women – 18th (10 points)
2001 – Ole Miss Men – 10th (18 points)
2004 – Ole Miss Men – 22nd (11 points)
2005 – Ole Miss Men – T-22nd (10 points)
2008 – Ole Miss Women – 13th (17 points)
2010 – Ole Miss Men – T-20th (10 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Men – T-11th (16 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Women – T-23rd (10 points)
2013 – Ole Miss Men – T-23rd (2 points)
2014 – Ole Miss Men – T-24th (9 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Women – T-12th (13 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Men – T-16th (12 points)
2021 – Ole Miss Men – 10th (20 points)
2021 – Ole Miss Women – 19th (12 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Women – T-6th (29 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Men – T-10th (20 points)
REBELS IN COMPETITION
Jalani Davis • Women's Weight Throw / Shot Put
Weight Throw Final: Fri., March 10 • 5 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Sat., March 11 • 5 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: General Business
Hometown / High School: Hampton, Va. / Bethel HS
Weight Throw Season-Best: 24.63m/80-09.75 • 2023 No. 1 NCAA, No. 5 U.S., No. 6 World • SEC Meet Record, No. 3 Ole Miss history, No. 5 NCAA history (No. 9 throw), No. 11 U.S. history, No. 12 World history • Feb. 24, 2023 (SEC Championships)
Weight Throw Career-Best: Same
Shot Put Season-Best: 18.43m/60-05.75 • 2023 No. 4 U.S., No. 5 NCAA, No. 16 World • No. 2 Ole Miss history, No. 15 NCAA history • Feb. 25, 2023 (SEC Championships)
Shot Put Career-Best: Same
Weight Throw NCAA Seed: 1st
Weight Throw SEC Finish: 1st
Shot Put NCAA Seed: 5th
Shot Put SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: 8x NCAA qualifier … Three-time All-American: First-Team outdoors in 2022 in the hammer (6th), Second-Team in 2021 outdoors in the discus (14th) and hammer (16th) ... Third national meet double ... One of two nationally (alongside teammate Jasmine Mitchell) to double indoors this year in the women's weight throw and shot put ... One of five total across both genders ... Was the only thrower in the nation last season to double indoors in the weight throw and shot put ... Only thrower in the NCAA of either gender to triple at the outdoor national meet in 2021 (was one of two total triplers alongside Texas A&M's Tyra Gittens).
Quick Facts: First woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight and 60 feet in the shot put ... Also the only woman in world history at 80 feet in the weight, 60 feet in the shot put, 184 in the discus and 228 in the hammer ... One of three women in collegiate history with multiple 80-foot throws in the same series (Brittany Riley, SIU, 2007; Shey Taiwo, Ole Miss, 2022) ... Owns 10 career 23-meter marks in the weight throw (7.0 percent of all 23-meter throws in collegiate history) ... Owns three career 24-meter marks in the weight throw, the third-most in collegiate history behind nine each from Riley and Taiwo ... 2x SEC Champion (2023, weight throw; 2022, indoor shot put) ... 5x SEC medalist ... 60 career SEC points (41 indoors) ... 2x U.S. Outdoor qualifier ... 3x USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Came to Ole Miss as a walk-on.
Jasmine Mitchell • Women's Weight Throw / Shot Put
Weight Throw Final: Fri., March 10 • 5 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Sat., March 11 • 5 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Hometown / High School: Hazel Crest, Ill. / Thornwood HS
Weight Throw Season-Best: 24.06m/78-11.25 • 2023 No. 3 NCAA, No. 9 U.S., No. 10 World • Jan. 20, 2023 (Vanderbilt Invitational)
Weight Throw Career-Best: 24.94m/81-10 • No. 3 NCAA history, No. 5 NCAA meet history, No. 7 U.S. history, No. 8 world history • March 11, 2022 (NCAA Championships)
Shot Put Season-Best: 17.42m/57-2 • 2023 No. 15 NCAA • No. 4 Ole Miss history • Jan. 20, 2023 (Vanderbilt Invitational)
Shot Put Career-Best: Same
Weight Throw NCAA Seed: 3rd
Weight Throw SEC Finish: 2nd
Shot Put NCAA Seed: 15th
Shot Put SEC Finish: 10th
NCAA History: 7x NCAA qualifier (5x indoors) ... 2022 NCAA Runner-Up (Weight Throw) ... Fifth in NCAA meet history in the weight throw at 24.94m/81-10 (No. 3 collegian all-time) ... 3x All-American ... 13 career NCAA points. ... Has qualified for the weight throw four years in a row; has never finished worse than fourth ... Second career national meet double (first indoors) ... First NCAA Indoor shot put qualifying berth ... One of two nationally (alongside teammate Jalani Davis) to double indoors this year in the women's weight throw and shot put ... One of five total across both genders.
Quick Facts: 2x SEC Champion (weight throw) ... 4x SEC medalist (all in weight throw) ... Part of first active teammate duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the weight throw in the same season (2021), first active duo at 77 feet in the same season (2022), first active trio at 75 feet (2022), first active duo at 79 feet (2022), first active duo at 80 feet (2022) ... Along with 2022 NCAA Champion Shey Taiwo (25.55m/83-10), first duo in NCAA history to break 80 feet in same competition ... One of four Rebels beyond 79 feet in NCAA history, the most of any school ... Ranks No. 3 in NCAA history and No. 8 in world history at her NCAA runner-up toss of 24.94m/81-10 ... 51 career SEC points … Owns 15 career 23-meter throws (10.5 percent of all in collegiate history); also owns three 24-meter tosses ... Went to the same high school as Rebel NCAA Champions and teammates Shey Taiwo and Janeah Stewart.
McKenzie Long • Women's 60-Meter Dash / 200-Meter Dash
60-Meter Dash Semifinal: Fri., March 10 • 5:15 p.m. CT
60-Meter Dash Final: Sat., March 11 • 5:10 p.m. CT
200-Meter Dash Semifinal: Fri., March 10 • 6:25 p.m. CT
200-Meter Dash Final: Sat., March 11 • 5:50 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Criminal Justice (Master's)
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Ironton, Ohio / Pickerington Central / NC State
60-Meter Dash Season-Best: 7.22 • 2023 No. 18 NCAA • No. 2 Ole Miss history • Feb. 24, 2023 (SEC Championships, Prelims)
60-Meter Dash Career-Best: Same
200-Meter Dash Season-Best: 22.67 • 2023 No. 5 NCAA, No. 4 U.S., No. 7 World • Ole Miss record • Feb. 25, 2023 (SEC Final)
200-Meter Dash Career-Best: Same
60-Meter Dash NCAA Seed: 16th
60-Meter Dash SEC Finish: 5th
200-Meter Dash NCAA Seed: 3rd
200-Meter Dash SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: First career NCAA meet.
Quick Facts: One of two Rebel women to double in the 60/200-meter alongside All-American Teneeshia Jones, who did so three times from 1999-2001 ... Among 12 doublers in the 60/200 of the 16 available entrants this year ... Scored 12 SEC points for the Rebels in her first conference meet at Ole Miss ... School record holder in both the indoor 200-meter dash (22.67) and 300-meter (37.38) ... Left NC State as the school record holder in the outdoor 200-meter dash (23.00), 4x100-meter relay (44.11) and indoor 4x400-meter relay (3:44.51).
Baylor Franklin • Men's 800-Meter
Semifinal: Fri., March 10 • 8:45 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., March 11 • 8:30 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Business Administration (Master's)
Hometown / High School: Lebanon, Tenn. / Wilson Central HS
Season-Best: 1:46.74 • 2023 No. 7 NCAA • No. 2 Ole Miss history • Jan. 21, 2023 (Vanderbilt Invitational)
Indoor Career-Best: Same
Overall Career-Best: 1:45.65 • No. 2 Ole Miss History • June 26, 2022 (U.S. Championships, Final)
NCAA Seed: 7th
SEC Finish: 3rd
NCAA History: 5x NCAA qualifier … Second-Team All-American outdoors (13th) and indoors (12th) in 2021 in the 800-meter, 13th outdoors in 2022 in the 800 ... Fourth straight year Ole Miss has qualified in the men's 800-meter, the fifth in the last seven seasons.
Quick Facts: Split 52.90 on the final lap at the 2022 USA Championships, going from last to fifth at a PR 1:45.65 ... Also a member of Ole Miss' qualifying DMR, splitting 2:51 on the 1200-meter leg at Notre Dame on Feb. 18, earning Ole Miss its qualifying time at 9:21.89 ... Ran on two winning relay teams at the Penn Relays last season, running a 1:47.75 second leg of the school record 9:29.45 DMR team (No. 11 NCAA history) and a 1:46.76 second leg on the record 7:13.71 4x800-meter relay team (No. 9 NCAA history) … On Ole Miss' 2020 SEC title DMR team … Was one of four Rebels to run a sub-4 mile at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 12, 2021, clocking in at 3:59.12 … Both his father and brother played college baseball, and his brother A.J. Franklin was part of the 2019 national title team at Vanderbilt.
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan • Men's Weight Throw / Shot Put
Weight Throw Final: Fri., March 10 • 8 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Sat., March 11 • 8 p.m. CT
Class: Freshman
Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, R.I. / Woonsocket
Weight Throw Career-Best: 23.62m/77-6 • 2023 No. 3 NCAA, No. 7 U.S., No. 8 World • Collegiate freshman record, Ole Miss record • Feb. 24, 2023 (SEC Championships)
Shot Put Career-Best: 19.73m/64-08.75 • 2023 No. 13 NCAA • Ole Miss record • Jan. 27, 2023 (Razorback Invite)
Weight Throw NCAA Seed: 3rd
Weight Throw SEC Finish: 2nd
Shot Put NCAA Seed: 13th
Shot Put SEC Finish: 5th
NCAA History: First career NCAA meet ... One of three men's throwers doubling at NCAAs (Jordan Geist, Maxwell Otterdahl).
Quick Facts: First Rebel to ever double in the men's shot put and weight throw ... First Rebel to qualify in the weight since 2003 (Stacy Andrews), first in the shot put since 2017 (Brian Williams) ... Broke the collegiate freshman record in the weight throw at SECs at 23.62m/77-6 ... Owns three of the six 23-meter throws all-time by collegiate freshmen ... Ranks No. 7 all-time among collegians in combined weight throw/indoor shot distance (43.35m) ... Only thrower globally this year at 75 feet in the weight and 64 in the shot put ... One of five collegians ever at 77 feet in the weight and 64 in the shot.
Men's Distance Medley Relay
Final: Fri., March 10 • 9:45 p.m. CT
Qualifying Relay: Baylor Franklin (1200m), Cade Flatt (400m), Tiarnan Crorken (800m), Anthony Camerieri (mile)
Season-Best: 9:21.89 • No. 2 Ole Miss history • Feb. 18, 2023 (Alex Wilson Invitational)
NCAA Seed: 8th
SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: Ole Miss has qualified in the men's DMR in seven of the last eight years … 2017 NCAA Champions … Also earned First-Team All-American status in 2016 (third), 2019 (eighth) and 2021 (second).
Quick Facts: Ole Miss has won eight of the last 10 SEC distance medley relay titles (took silver in 2018, 2023)
Leg 1 (1200-Meter): Baylor Franklin
Class: Senior
Major: Business Administration (Master's)
Hometown / High School: Lebanon, Tenn. / Wilson Central HS
800m PR: 1:45.65
1200m Leg PR: 2:51 (unofficial)
Mile PR: 3:59.12
Leg 2 (400-Meter): Cade Flatt
Class: Freshman
Major: Exercise Science
Hometown / High School: Benton, Ky. / Marshall County HS
400m Leg PR: 0:47 (unofficial)
800m PR: 1:46.48
NCAA History: First career NCAA meet.
Quick Facts: Lone collegian in 800-meter field at Millrose Games ... 2021-22 Gatorade National Athlete of the Year for Boys Track ... 2x high school national champion (800-meter) ... Second in U.S. boys high school history at 1:46.48 behind Michael Granville's 1996 record of 1:46.45.
Leg 3 (800-Meter): Tiarnan Crorken
Class: Senior
Major: General Business
Hometown: Burnley, England
800m PR: 1:46.75
Mile PR: 3:58.89
NCAA History: 2022 First-Team All-American in the 800-Meter (fifth place)
Leg 4 (Mile): Anthony Camerieri
Class: Senior
Major: Athletic Training (Master's)
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Brecksville, Ohio / Brecksville-Broadview Heights / Miami (Ohio)
Mile PR: 3:56.90
Mile Leg PR: 3:54.49
3K PR: 7:52.80
NCAA History: First career NCAA meet.
Quick Facts: SEC 3K silver medalist ... Also ran a 3:54.49 anchor leg to earn silver for the Rebel men's DMR ... First-Team All-SEC and NCAA All-South Region in cross country last fall.
Alternate: Shane Bracken
Class: Senior
Major: Integrated Marketing Communications
Hometown / Previous School: Foxford, Ireland / Saint Leo
Mile PR: 3:57.07
3K PR: 7:54.54
NCAA History: Second-Team All-American on Ole Miss' DMR in 2022.
Alternate: Jacob Lough
Class: Senior
Major: Sport & Recreation Administration
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Indianapolis, Ind. / North Central HS / Xavier
400m Leg PR: 48.7 (unofficial)
800m PR: 1:50.89
NCAA History: First career NCAA meet.
Quick Facts: Ran 400-meter leg on Ole Miss' 2022 SEC title DMR team.
MEET NOTES
• On the track under eighth-year head coach Connie Price-Smith, the Rebels have collected 10 NCAA top-25 team finishes, 10 NCAA individual champions, eight NCAA runners-up, 130 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 231 NCAA points, 64 SEC individual champions and a bevy of the best team finishes in program history at both the SEC and NCAA levels.
• Three of the six all-time NCAA top-10 track finishes in Ole Miss history have come within the last two years: 2022 women's indoor (T-6th), 2022 men's indoor (T-10th), 2021 men's indoor (10th), 2013 men's outdoor (8th), 2001 men's indoor (10th) and 1991 men's indoor (9th).
• The Ole Miss women finished tied for sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2022, the best national team finish in the combined history of the program -- indoors or outdoors.
• The Rebel men have finished at 10th (2021) and tied for 10th (2022) each of the last two seasons, the first back-to-back national top-10 finishes in men's or women's program history regardless of season.
• Last year, Ole Miss was one of just four teams nationally to place both men and women within the top-10 at the indoor national meet (alongside Arkansas, Texas and Texas A&M).
• In its history indoors, Ole Miss has finished in the NCAA top-25 of the team standings 19 total times (13 times on the men's side, six times on the women's side).
• Ole Miss owns 136 First or Second-Team All-Americans indoors (87 men, 49 women), as well as 10 NCAA titles (13 total NCAA Champions; 10 men, three women). Of those 136, a total of 74 All-Americans (45 men, 29 women) have come under Price-Smith, as well as four NCAA titles (Raven Saunders, shot put, 2017; men's DMR, 2017; Shey Taiwo, weight throw, 2022; Mario Garcia Romo, mile, 2022).
• The Ole Miss women are coming off a record tie for fourth place at the SEC Indoor Championships, where they received medal performances from Jalani Davis in both the weight throw (gold) and shot put (silver), McKenzie Long in the 200-meter dash (silver) and Jasmine Mitchell in the weight throw (silver). That tie for fourth place ranks as the best at an SEC meet -- indoors or outdoors -- in Ole Miss women's history.
WOMEN'S NOTES
• The No. 9 Ole Miss women hold their top-10 team ranking from just three women who are all doubling at NCAAs this week: both Jalani Davis and Jasmine Mitchell in the women's shot put and weight throw, and McKenzie Long in the women's 60-meter and 200-meter dashes.
• Davis and Mitchell -- the only throwers in the NCAA this year both beyond 17 meters in the shot put and 24 meters in the weight throw -- are also the only two women attempting the shot put/weight throw double at the national meet. Combined with the men, they are among just five throwers doubling this season.
• Davis is no stranger to doubling -- or even tripling -- at the national meet. This is the second straight NCAA Indoor double for Davis, who also tripled at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Davis is an eight-time NCAA qualifier and three-time All-American.
• For Mitchell, this is her fourth trip to nationals in the weight throw in as many career opportunities. She has finished no worse than fourth in her three competitions, with her first national ticket in 2020 coming the same season that the NCAA Championships were canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Davis enters nationals after one of the best throwing weekends in the history of the sport globally on the women's side. Davis won the SEC title at a one-foot PR and meet record 24.63m/80-09.75, improving upon her NCAA lead she has held since Jan. 13. She then finished second in the shot put at a two-foot best of 18.43m/60-05.75, making her the first woman in world history to break both 80 feet in the weight throw and 60 feet in the shot put indoors.
• With her new combined total of 43.06 meters across both events, Davis is now the best collegian ever combined -- as well as No. 4 in world history. Mitchell ranks second in collegiate history behind Davis and No. 7 in world history.
All-Time World Combination Ranking, Women's Weight Throw / Indoor Shot Put
| Rk | Name (Country) | Shot | Weight | Combo |
| 1 | Jessica Ramsey (USA) | 19.50m/63-11.75 | 24.04m/78-10.50 | 43.54m |
| 2 | Jeneva Stevens (USA) | 19.10m/62-8 | 24.24m/79-06.50 | 43.34m |
| 3 | Janeah Stewart (USA) | 17.63m/57-10.25 | 25.60m/84-0 | 43.23m |
| 4 | Jalani Davis (USA) | 18.43m/60-05.75 | 24.63m/80-09.75 | 43.06m* |
| 5 | Felisha Johnson (USA) | 18.72m/61-5 | 24.22m/79-05.50 | 42.94m |
| 6 | Maggie Ewen (USA) | 19.79m/64-11.25 | 22.82m/74-10.50 | 42.61m |
| 7 | Jasmine Mitchell (USA) | 17.42m/57-2 | 24.94m/81-10 | 42.36m** |
| 8 | Sade Olatoye (NGR) | 17.88m/58-8 | 24.46m/80-3 | 42.34m |
| 9 | DeAnna Price (USA) | 16.29m/53-05.50 | 26.02m/85-04.50*** | 42.31m |
| 10 | Gwen Berry (USA) | 16.30m/53-05.75 | 25.60m/84-0 | 41.90m |
* Collegiate record for women's weight/indoor shot combination
** Collegiate No. 2 all-time in combo weight/indoor shot
*** World record
• Davis' weight throw improvement moved her from No. 8 to No. 5 on the all-time collegiate top-10 list, on which Ole Miss now possesses four spots. Davis' mark was also the ninth best in collegiate history and was one of two 80-foot throws in her SEC series, making her one of just three collegians ever with multiple 80-foot throws in the same series alongside SIU's Brittany Riley (2007) and teammate Shey Taiwo, who did so last season in 2022.
• Davis' improvement in the shot put moved her to No. 15 in collegiate history, and No. 2 in Ole Miss history behind Olympian Raven Saunders' 2017 mark of 19.56m/64-02.25 that stood as the collegiate record until earlier this season.
• Mitchell was the NCAA runner-up in 2022 to Taiwo at 24.94m/81-10, the No. 3 mark in collegiate history and No. 8 in world history.
• When accounting for Mitchell's two-foot shot put PR of 17.42m/57-2 earlier this season, both she and Davis remain as two of just seven throwers in world history to break 79 feet in the weight and 57 feet in the shot put indoors:
79ft Weight Throw, 57ft Shot Put, Women's World History
| Rk | Name (Country) | Shot | Weight | Combo |
| 1 | Jeneva Stevens (USA) | 19.10m/62-8 | 24.24m/79-06.50 | 43.34m |
| 2 | Janeah Stewart (USA) | 17.63m/57-10.25 | 25.60m/84-0 | 43.23m |
| 3 | Jalani Davis (USA) | 18.43m/60-05.75 | 24.63m/80-09.75 | 43.06m |
| 4 | Felisha Johnson (USA) | 18.72m/61-5 | 24.22m/79-05.50 | 42.94m |
| 5 | Jasmine Mitchell (USA) | 17.42m/57-2 | 24.94m/81-10 | 42.36m |
| 6 | Sade Olatoye (NGR) | 17.88m/58-8 | 24.46m/80-3 | 42.34m |
| 7 | Candice Scott (TTO) | 17.65m/57-11 | 24.17m/79-03.75 | 41.82m |
• In the collegiate all-time top-10, Ole Miss owns four entries in the all-time top-10 who are all beyond 79 feet: 2022 NCAA Champion Shey Taiwo (second, 25.55m/83-10; 2022), Mitchell (third, 24.94m/81-10; 2022), Davis (fifth, 24.63m/80-09.75; 2023) and Janeah Stewart (24.12m/79-01.75; 2018).
• In addition to owning 40 percent of the all-time collegiate top-10, Ole Miss has 55 of the 143 total 23-meter throws in collegiate history (38.5 percent). Of those 143, NCAA champ Shey Taiwo collected 21 in her Rebel career (15.8 percent) and Janeah Stewart owns nine, while current Rebels Jasmine Mitchell (15) and Jalani Davis (10) combine for 25 career 23-meter tosses. At the 24-meter plateau, Ole Miss has 16 of 38 total in NCAA history (42.1 percent) -- with Taiwo owning nine such throws by herself (23.7 percent), in addition to four of the top-11 tosses and three of the six 25-meter throws all-time. At four 24-meter throwers all-time, Ole Miss stands as the lone school in the nation to have more than two beyond the 24-meter mark.
• Senior transfer McKenzie Long put together the best meet of her career at the SEC Championships two weeks ago, punching her ticket to nationals in both the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash following superb performances.
• Long was the SEC silver medalist in the 200-meter dash at a mammoth career best and Ole Miss record 22.67 -- obliterating her old school record of 23.00 that barely stood 24 hours from when it was run in the prelim. Long enters nationals with the No. 3 seed time in the 200.
• Long earned her ticket in the 60-meter dash at her SEC prelim time of 7.22, the second-fastest in Ole Miss history. It originally ranked right outside the qualifying cutoff in 18th, but after two scratches was the final performance allowed in to NCAAs.
• These are the first two career national tickets for Long, who transferred to Ole Miss from NC State this season. Long is the first Rebel to double in the 60-meter and 200-meter indoors since 2001, and her progression in the last month has been spectacular:
Long's 60m Progression (PR Entering: 7.39)
| Date | Meet (Round) | Time |
| Jan. 28 | Razorback Invitational (Prelim) | 7.27 |
| Jan. 28 | Razorback Invitational (Final) | 7.28 |
| Feb. 10 | Tyson Invitational (Prelim) | 7.27 |
| Feb. 10 | Tyson Invitational (Final) | 7.32 |
| Feb. 24 | SEC Championships (Prelim) | 7.22 |
| Feb. 25 | SEC Championships (Final) | 7.33 |
Long's 200m Progression (PR Entering: 23.99)
| Date | Meet (Round) | Time |
| Feb. 11 | Tyson Invitational | 23.29 |
| Feb. 24 | SEC Championships (Prelim) | 23.00 |
| Feb. 25 | SEC Championships (Prelim) | 22.67 |
• Long opened her Rebel career by etching her name into the Ole Miss record books, breaking the long-standing women's school record in the 300-meter dash at Vanderbilt on Jan. 13. Long won at 37.38 to break Sonya Varnell's 1987 record of 37.58, which was a conversion of her 37.8 in the 300-yard dash.
MEN'S NOTES
• Freshman Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan has quickly cemented himself as one of the most prolific freshman throwers in NCAA history, making short work of the Ole Miss record book and launching himself into the national conversation just a few meets into his collegiate career.
• Robinson-O'Hagan punched tickets to NCAAs with both of his school records in the weight throw at 23.62m/77-6 (No. 3 NCAA) and shot put at 19.73m/64-08.75 (No. 13 NCAA).
• Robinson-O'Hagan was the SEC runner-up in the weight throw at that latest mark, which registered as the all-time collegiate freshman record. He is one of just three collegiate throwers to ever break 23 meters in the men's weight throw, and he owns three of the six 23-meter tosses by freshmen all-time.
All-Time Top Collegiate Freshmen, Weight Throw
| Rk | Name (School) | Mark | Year |
| 1 | Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Ole Miss) | 23.62m/77-6 | 2023 |
| 2 | Gleb Dudarev (Kansas) | 23.44m/76-11 | 2017 |
| 3 | Conor McCullough (Princeton) | 23.19m/76-1 | 2012 |
| 4 | Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Ole Miss) | 23.14m/75-11 | 2023 |
| 5 | Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Ole Miss) | 23.05m/75-07.50 | 2023 |
| 6 | Gleb Dudarev (Kansas) | 23.00m/75-05.50 | 2017 |
• At those distances, Robinson-O'Hagan is currently the only thrower in the world at 75 feet in the weight throw and 64 feet in the shot put. Furthermore, he is the only collegiate freshman ever at 77 feet in the weight and 64 in the shot put, as well as one of just five collegians ever at those marks.
• Historically, his prowess in both events stacks up among the best in collegiate history. Just four meets into his Rebel career, Robinson-O'Hagan's combined shot/weight distance of 43.35m ranks No. 7 in collegiate history and is the lone freshman in the top-10.
• Among freshmen this season, Robinson-O'Hagan leads the weight throw by more than five feet over UCLA's Michael Pinckney (22.05m/72-04.25), and by more than 3.5 feet in the shot put over Oklahoma's Tucker Smith (18.62m/61-01.25).
• Robinson-O'Hagan is the first 64-foot men's shot putter in Ole Miss history, indoors or outdoors, and only the third collegiate freshman to break 64 feet since 2020 alongside Wisconsin's Andrew Stone (19.82m/65-00.50) and Illinois' Tyler Sudduth (19.59m/64-03.25) -- both from 2022.
• His latest shot put PR ranks as the eighth-best throw by a freshman since 2018 and was the seventh-best that early into a freshman season in the same timespan. Since 2018, only Arizona's Jordan Geist (21.45m/70-04.50; 2018), Texas' Tripp Pipperi (19.83m/65-00.75; 2018) and Wisconsin's Andrew Stone (19.82m/65-00.50; 2022) rank ahead of Robinson-O'Hagan as freshman shot putters.
• Ole Miss ran its second-fastest DMR ever at Notre Dame on Feb. 18, with the quartet of Baylor Franklin (1200m; 2:51), Cade Flatt (400m; 0:47), Tiarnan Crorken (800m; 1:46) and Anthony Camerieri (mile; 3:54) clocking in at 9:21.89 to punch their ticket to NCAAs for the seventh time in eight years.
• Franklin also punched his second career NCAA Indoor ticket in the 800-meter, entering seeded No. 7 at his indoor PR of 1:46.74. For Franklin, that time was his season-opener and moved him up to No. 2 in Ole Miss history, trailing only national champion George Kersh's 1:46.19 from the 1991 NCAA Indoor Championships.
• Franklin capped off the 2022 outdoor season with a spectacular fifth-place finish in the U.S. men's 800-meter final, where he ran a career-best 1:45.65 and split 52.90 over his final 400 to claw his way from the back of the pack at the bell.
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